Homoeopathy — Page 520
Natrum Muriaticum 520 Natrum Mur is a profoundly active, long-acting medicine. No part of the body is beyond its influence. Generally, the skin of a Natrum Mur patient is very shiny. Due to the increased content of water in the blood, the skin feels greasy as if oil has been rubbed over it. However, one should remember that every patient may not necessarily exhibit all the symptoms or that all the relevant symptoms must appear in each and every part of the body. For a remedy to be the exact match, the basic as well as distinctive symptoms must be present in a patient. However, it is not essential for every symptom to be expressed fully. A patient of Natrum Mur feels tired and weak. Weakness, either physical or mental, is always found in Natrum Mur patients. This is due to the imbalance of Hydrochloric Acid, resulting in episodes of sudden severe weakness. Natrum Mur is deeply related to malaria. In swampy areas, malaria spreads through mosquitoes. Malaria causes breakdown of red blood cells, resulting in anaemia and the resulting relative dilution of the blood (haemodilution). These signs require the usage of Natrum Mur, which otherwise, has no special affinity to wet marshy areas. The real connection of malaria is with the mosquitoes. Wherever mosquitoes are present, malaria must also exist. Generally, the mosquitoes are found in swampy and coastal areas. In such areas, naturally, Natrum Mur would also be required to treat malarial fever and is one of the best remedies against it. However, it should never be given to the patient while the malarial fever is still rising, because under these circumstances, Natrum Mur may produce serious ill effects or an immediate severe reaction. Several different ways have been described to use Natrum Mur. One is that either one should wait for the temperature to drop and then give the remedy, or it should be given in high potency during the interval between the two bouts of fever. In the case where Natrum Mur becomes effective, it will change the timing of the fever. The fever will either come on earlier or later than its usual time. If only the timing of the fever alters, but there is no decrease in the duration or the severity of the fever, it proves that the remedy has not been effective. In this situation, one must find another remedy without further delay. The appropriate remedy should either result in immediate disappearance of fever with no return, or will alter the timing and decrease the duration of the